The program, which runs through Labor Day on Sept. 2, offers free entry to 2,000 U.S. museums, exhibits and art centers for active duty, National Guard and Reserve military personnel and up to five family members.

Museumgoers can take a virtual trip to Hawaii during "Doris Duke's Shangri La: Architecture, Landscape and Islamic Art," on view through July 14 at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach.

"The Blue Star Museum project was a perfect fit for the Norton," says Scott Benarde, the museum's director of communications. ""This is our way to give back in a small way to service members and their families, who do so much for us."

The comprehensive traveling exhibit features art objects and furnishings from the tobacco heiress' five-acre Hawaiian estate, known as Shangri La. The show also includes newly commissioned and vintage photographs and films, and original architectural drawings.

"There is jewelry she collected while traveling around the world, very ornate and unusual pieces of furniture, chandeliers, intricate lamps and photographs that show her estate so you can get a sense of how she lived with art," Benarde says.

Beginning June 6, Florida residents can visit the museum for free every Thursday through Aug. 29. Benarde says.

Other venues participating in the program include the Boca Raton History Museum, the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, the Old Davie School Historical Museum, the International Swimming Hall of Fame Museum in Fort Lauderdale and Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden in Coral Gables.

Founded in 2010, the program is a collaboration between Blue Star Families, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Department of Defense.

Today's more elaborate bar and bat mitzvahs take a cue from theatrical productions. They are using technology, like special lighting and projection systems, to celebrate a child's coming of age in the Jewish faith.

In tapping Trevor Noah as the next host of "The Daily Show," the cable network will turn over its most valuable franchise to a relative unknown who has made just a handful of appearances on the program.

Though annatto is not a native, it will not overrun your garden. It grows to a very workable 20 to 30 feet tall, forming a shady but open canopy, while not growing so wide as to out-compete nearby plants.